Project BORN FREE: Selected Review of the Literature on Career Development and Sex-Role Stereotyping at the Elementary Level. Technical Report No. 1.

Pelcak, Douglas; And Others

This literature review, part of the Project BORN FREE training series for teachers, counselors, administrators and parents, focuses on career socialization at the elementary level. Basic areas addressed include: (1) problem identification; (2) theoretical and psychological frameworks; (3) problem causation and the socialization process; and (4) selected interventions and resources. The materials describe the career development conceptual framework which serves as a basis for the Project and examines personality variables, sex roles, parental and teacher expectations, and strategies for reducing career-related sex-role stereotyping in elementary education. (Author/KMF)